Medvesta Hypnosis

Medvesta Hypnosis Medvesta Hypnosis provides high-quality hypnosis sessions to those needing assistance with weight control, smoking cessation, stress, and pain management.

Medvesta Hypnosis Healthcare was initiated to provide high-quality hypnosis sessions to those facing stress, sleep, and pain.

๐“๐ก๐ž ๐’๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ž๐ซ ๐–๐ก๐จ ๐‹๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐‡๐ž๐ซ ๐•๐จ๐ข๐œ๐ž ๐€๐ง๐ ๐…๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ ๐ˆ๐ญ ๐€๐ ๐š๐ข๐งA 25-year-old singer spent four years battling hoarseness and losing her...
01/19/2026

๐“๐ก๐ž ๐’๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ž๐ซ ๐–๐ก๐จ ๐‹๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐‡๐ž๐ซ ๐•๐จ๐ข๐œ๐ž ๐€๐ง๐ ๐…๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ ๐ˆ๐ญ ๐€๐ ๐š๐ข๐ง

A 25-year-old singer spent four years battling hoarseness and losing her voice at the exact worst time during a performance. Multiple hospital visits and standard medical treatment helped temporarily, but the symptoms kept returning.

Then something unexpected was found: a buried performance wound from years earlier. She had been bullied in a vocal group and told her voice was terrible. Her body did not forget. The voice was not broken. It was protecting.

After a hypnotherapy session aimed at reducing fear, releasing the emotional trigger, and restoring safety in performance. Her voice and related symptoms improved without additional medication and resolved over the following weeks.

๐–๐ก๐ฒ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฆ๐š๐ญ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ: Sometimes symptoms are not just physical or โ€œall in your head.โ€ They can be a nervous system stuck in protection mode, including a tight throat, shallow breathing, and a freeze responseespecially under pressure.

If your voice tightens when you are stressed, start with a simple โ€œVoice Resetโ€ before speaking or performing:

Slow exhale (longer than inhale)

Relax jaw/shoulders

Warmth imagery around the throat

Recall one "best you" moment

Use one cue word: Open or Easy

Important note: Persistent hoarseness still deserves an ENT evaluation to rule out structural causes. Hypnosis is not a replacement for medical care; it can be a powerful adjunct when stress, fear, and old conditioning are part of the pattern.

Question: If your voice could speak without fear for five minutes, what would it finally say?

The surprising way hypnosis helped a performer overcome a mental block In February 2023, a 25-year-old singer came into our office with a problem that sounds simple until it steals your identity: her voice kept going hoarse, sometimes disappearing, right when she needed it most. Not at home. Not cha...

๐‘๐ž๐ฐ๐ข๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ƒ๐ž๐ฉ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ž๐ ๐๐ซ๐š๐ข๐ง: ๐€ ๐‡๐ฒ๐ฉ๐ง๐จ๐ญ๐ข๐œ ๐‰๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ง๐ž๐ฒHow hypnosis helped when talking about it made everything worseDepressio...
01/15/2026

๐‘๐ž๐ฐ๐ข๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ƒ๐ž๐ฉ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ž๐ ๐๐ซ๐š๐ข๐ง: ๐€ ๐‡๐ฒ๐ฉ๐ง๐จ๐ญ๐ข๐œ ๐‰๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ง๐ž๐ฒ
How hypnosis helped when talking about it made everything worse

Depression is not only sadness. It is often a brain stuck in a loop of rumination, threat-scanning, self-attack, and โ€œwhatโ€™s the point?โ€

One published case report describes a man grieving the death of his young son who used alcohol and had repeated hospitalizationsuntil treatment shifted away from forcing the trauma into words and toward guided imagery + clinical hypnotherapy. The work was indirect, metaphor-based, and future-oriented, and it functioned steadily over time.

Here is the science-shaped idea: hypnosis can change attention and brain-network dynamics, including reduced activity in the dorsal anterior cingulate and altered connectivity between control and self-referential networks. In depressed patients, a 2024 study compared CBT vs hypnotherapy using resting-state measures before/after treatment to explore default-mode-network related effects.

Evidence is still emerging, but notable signals exist:

CBT + hypnosis ("cognitive hypnotherapy") outperformed CBT alone on several outcomes in a controlled study.

A 2024 randomized trial tested adding hypnosis to group CBT for major depressive disorder.

Reviews highlight promise and limitations. Many trials carry a high risk of bias, so this should be framed as an adjunct/skill-based amplifier, not a miracle cure.

Takeaway: This is not stage hypnosis. It is training the nervous system to take a new routeone small detour at a time.

Reflect: If your depression had a default script, what is one line you are ready to replace starting today?

If you are experiencing active suicidal thoughts or feel unsafe, seek immediate help (call/text 988 in the U.S. or your local emergency number).

How hypnosis helped a man who struggled with depression when nothing else worked In the summer of 2012, a 47-year-old man identified as โ€œMr. Pโ€ walked into a psychiatry clinic with many symptoms that will sound painfully familiar to anyone who has experienced depression: low mood, suicidal ideat...

๐‡๐จ๐ฐ ๐‡๐ฒ๐ฉ๐ง๐จ๐ฌ๐ข๐ฌ ๐‡๐ž๐ฅ๐ฉ๐ž๐ ๐š ๐†๐ซ๐ข๐ž๐ฏ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐Œ๐จ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ซ ๐…๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐ž๐š๐œ๐žGrief can get "stuckโ€ when it turns into guilt, especially after a traum...
01/05/2026

๐‡๐จ๐ฐ ๐‡๐ฒ๐ฉ๐ง๐จ๐ฌ๐ข๐ฌ ๐‡๐ž๐ฅ๐ฉ๐ž๐ ๐š ๐†๐ซ๐ข๐ž๐ฏ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐Œ๐จ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ซ ๐…๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐ž๐š๐œ๐ž

Grief can get "stuckโ€ when it turns into guilt, especially after a traumatic loss where a final moment was interrupted or denied.

This explains why the mind keeps replaying "I should haveโ€ฆโ€ and how the nervous system can stay trapped in the scene. It then clarifies what hypnosis can realistically help with and what it cannot do.

Experience a gentle 4-minute โ€œunfinished momentโ€ practice

Medvesta Hypnosis Healthcare When grief turns into guilt, the mind keeps replaying what you should have done. Hypnosis can help you complete what was emotionally unfinished without pretending the loss did not happen. โ€œThe hug she was never allowed to giveโ€ Three years after her 18-year-old daugh...

This article tells the true, rarely discussed kind of story you do not hear at parent-teacher conferences: a high school...
12/29/2025

This article tells the true, rarely discussed kind of story you do not hear at parent-teacher conferences: a high school student who studied hard, understood the material, and still blanked out the moment the test hit the desk. Not because she was unprepared, but because her brain learned the test environment as a threat cue. Her body went into fight/flight/freeze, and recall shut down.

You will see how hypnosis can help teens retrain that false alarm through calm-body conditioning, mental rehearsal, and confidence cues they can use in real time, right in the classroom. If your teen is smart but freezes, spirals, rushes, or second-guesses under pressure, this is a practical, hopeful read.

Question to consider as you start: What triggers the alarm most of the time, pressure, fear of failure, or fear of disappointing someone?

A real, rarely told story about the mind's alarm system and how hypnosis helped turn it off. In the early days of our office opening, a 15-year-old girl, identified only as "S.", came in accompanied by her mother for a problem most adults dismiss until it ruins a child's life:โ€ฆ

The Young Man Who Stopped Intrusive Thoughts (OCD) โ€” and what hypnosis can teach us. Most people do not realize this: in...
12/22/2025

The Young Man Who Stopped Intrusive Thoughts (OCD) โ€” and what hypnosis can teach us. Most people do not realize this: intrusive thoughts are not the problem; the panic response to them is.

In a rarely discussed clinical case, a young man with OCD-like intrusive thoughts and constant reassurance-seeking (blood pressure checking, repeated โ€œam I okay?โ€ loops) began improving when treatment shifted away from โ€œarguing with the thoughtsโ€ and toward retraining his nervous system and attention.

Using a structured approach that blended hypnosis-based calming + focus training, self-hypnosis practice, and ERP-style skill-building (learning to feel discomfort without doing the compulsion), his anxiety reduced and his checking behaviors dropped within a handful of sessions.

The takeaway: Hypnosis is not about erasing your mind. Itโ€™s about changing your relationship to the thought. When your brain throws a false alarm, you learn to notice it, label it, and move forwardโ€”without feeding it.

If you have ever felt trapped in mental loops, this article offers hope and a practical path: calm the body, train attention, practice response control, and rebuild confidenceโ€”one repetition at a time.

Reflection question for my network: If intrusive thoughts had 50% less power this month, what would you do with the time and energy you get back?

He was not โ€œlosing his mind.โ€ He was losing his day. A 37-year-old businessman identified only as "Mr. M" walked into our office exhausted, tense, and trapped in a loop he could not shut off. For over a year, he had been overwhelmed by recurrent intrusive thoughts that something was medicallyโ€ฆ

๐€ ๐’๐ญ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐“๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐•๐š๐ง๐ข๐ฌ๐ก๐ž๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐Ÿ‘๐ŸŽ ๐Œ๐ข๐ง๐ฎ๐ญ๐ž๐ฌ  is one example of how hypnosis can support real medical and mental health changeโ€”...
12/08/2025

๐€ ๐’๐ญ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐“๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐•๐š๐ง๐ข๐ฌ๐ก๐ž๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐Ÿ‘๐ŸŽ ๐Œ๐ข๐ง๐ฎ๐ญ๐ž๐ฌ is one example of how hypnosis can support real medical and mental health changeโ€”without pretending to be a miracle cure or a replacement for good healthcare.

At Medvesta Hypnosis Healthcare, we serve people who are stuck between โ€œThe tests look fineโ€ and โ€œBut I still donโ€™t feel like myself.โ€ Our work lives in that gap โ€” where medical care, mental health, and the mindโ€“body connection meet.

We partner with clients dealing with issues like chronic pain, anxiety, medical procedures, trauma-related symptoms, performance blocks, and long-standing habits that havenโ€™t shifted with willpower alone. Hypnosis here is not stage magic. Itโ€™s a focused, evidence-informed process that helps your nervous system calm down, your body respond differently, and your mind practice new patterns on purpose.

Every story we share in this blog is based on real clinical experience, with details changed to protect privacy. The goal is simple: to show you whatโ€™s possible when you stop fighting your symptoms alone and start working with your brain instead of against it.

How Hypnosis Quieted a Lifetime of Fear and Unlocked a Voice He almost walked out. Marcy* was 42 years old and had stuttered for as long as she could remember. She avoided ordering in restaurants. She chose jobs where she could hide behind screens rather than talk on the phone.โ€ฆ

At Medvesta Hypnosis Healthcare, we believe healing often begins in the most ordinary places, sometimes even in the froz...
12/01/2025

At Medvesta Hypnosis Healthcare, we believe healing often begins in the most ordinary places, sometimes even in the frozen food aisle. Many people do not realize how real, how physical, and how life-altering conditions like panic attacks, chronic pain, trauma, or stress can be.

But stories like โ€œM"โ€”the woman who reclaimed her life after panic attacks kept her from entering a grocery store remind us of something essential: Your mind is not your enemy. It is your greatest ally when you teach it a new pattern.

Medvesta exists for people like herโ€ฆ and you. We specialize in helping clients rewrite the automatic responses that keep them trapped, whether it is panic that strikes without warning, pain that will not let up, emotions that overwhelm, or exhaustion that follows you home from work.

Followers of Medvesta gain access to:

Rarely told stories of real transformation, like the client who walked back into Aisle 7 without fear. Science-backed explanations of how hypnosis retrains the nervous system, calms panic, eases pain, and restores emotional balance.

Micro-shift tools that help you feel calmer, clearer, and more in control, anywhere, even in high-stress environments

Weekly insights for Healthcare professionals, who often carry invisible burdens of their own

A mind-body approach that honors your experiences and empowers you to reclaim your quality of life

Whether you are a patient seeking relief, a nurse or clinician needing restoration, or someone looking for a new beginning, Medvesta is here to help you step into a calmer, safer, more confident version of yourselfโ€”one session, one story, one shift at a time.

Most people do not realize how many panic attacks happen in the least dramatic places, like the rice, beans, & pasta aisle. But one of the most powerful stories of transformation I have ever helped came from a woman named "M," a 38-year-old mom of two who had not beenโ€ฆ

At Medvesta Hypnosis Healthcare, we believe healing often begins in the most ordinary placesโ€”sometimes even in the froze...
12/01/2025

At Medvesta Hypnosis Healthcare, we believe healing often begins in the most ordinary placesโ€”sometimes even in the frozen food aisle.

Many people do not realize how real, how physical, and how life-altering conditions like panic attacks, chronic pain, trauma, or stress can be. But stories like "M", the woman who reclaimed her life after panic attacks kept her from entering a grocery store, remind us of something essential:

Your mind is not your enemy. It is your greatest ally when you teach it a new pattern.

Medvesta exists for people like her and you. We specialize in helping clients rewrite the automatic responses that keep them trapped, whether it is panic that strikes without warning, pain that will not let up, emotions that overwhelm, or exhaustion that follows you home from work.

Followers of Medvesta gain access to:

Rarely told stories of transformation, like the client who walked back into Aisle 7 without fear

Science-backed explanations of how hypnosis retrains the nervous system, calms panic, eases pain, and restores emotional balance.

Micro-shift tools that help you feel calmer, clearer, and more in control, anywhere, even in high-stress environments

Weekly insights for Healthcare professionals, who often carry invisible burdens of their own

A mind-body approach that honors your experiences and empowers you to reclaim your quality of life

Whether you are a patient seeking relief, a nurse or clinician needing restoration, or someone looking for a new beginning, Medvesta is here to help you step into a calmer, safer, more confident version of yourself, one session, one story, one shift at a time.

Most people do not realize how many panic attacks happen in the least dramatic places, like the rice, beans, & pasta aisle. But one of the most powerful stories of transformation I have ever helped came from a woman named "M," a 38-year-old mom of two who had not beenโ€ฆ

The Woman Who Rewrote Her Nightmares
11/24/2025

The Woman Who Rewrote Her Nightmares

How Hypnosis Helped a PTSD Survivor Find Peace While She Slept Most people have never heard of her. She never appeared on a talk show or wrote a memoir. But in 1991, a 32-year-old ICU nurse named โ€œMarina" became the subject of an unusual case report at a trauma clinic inโ€ฆ

For eight long months, a young nurse at Northwestern Memorial Hospital battled a cough no test could explain.No infectio...
11/17/2025

For eight long months, a young nurse at Northwestern Memorial Hospital battled a cough no test could explain.
No infection. No allergies. No solution.

Her coworkers avoided taking a report from her. Medications failed. Even specialists shrugged.
Then one doctor said the last thing she expected:
โ€œThis isnโ€™t a lung problemโ€ฆ it's a habit loop your brain learned. And hypnosis can help.โ€

What happened next surprised everyoneโ€”including her.

In just three sessions, the cough that medicine couldnโ€™t touch began to fadeโ€ฆ and within two weeks, it was gone. Not suppressed. Not medicated. Retrained.

If youโ€™ve ever struggled with a chronic symptom your body refuses to shut offโ€”pain spikes, coughing, IBS flares, anxiety cyclesโ€”this story reveals why hypnosis works when nothing else doesโ€ฆ and how your nervous system may be more changeable than you think.

If a nurse could retrain an eight-month cough,
What might your body be ready to release?

Read the full story โžœ The Nurse Who Couldn't Stop Coughing

By Steve Cohen, RN, Healthcare Hypnosis Practitioner The Nurse Who Couldn't Stop Coughing In the late 1970s, a young nurse at Northwestern Memorial Hospital developed a mysterious, relentless cough. No infection. No asthma. No allergies. No physiological explanation. Her cough was so disruptive that...

๐—” ๐—•๐—น๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ฑ ๐—ฃ๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ฏ๐—ถ๐—ฎ ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐——๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ข๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ปA young man named Ethan had lived his entire life terrified of blood and n...
11/09/2025

๐—” ๐—•๐—น๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ฑ ๐—ฃ๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ฏ๐—ถ๐—ฎ ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐——๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ข๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป

A young man named Ethan had lived his entire life terrified of blood and needlesโ€”so much that he fainted during medical visits and avoided routine care. After years of trying to โ€œtalk himself out of it,โ€ nothing workedโ€ฆ until one hypnosis session changed everything.

Guided into a relaxed, focused state, Ethan learned to reframe his fear on a subconscious level. The needle that once symbolized danger became neutral. His bodyโ€™s panic response quieted. At his next medical appointment, he remained calmโ€”no anxiety, no fainting.

Clinical hypnosis works by helping the mind replace fear-based patterns with calm associationsโ€”an approach supported by leading research institutions like Stanford and Harvard.

Millions silently struggle with fears that interfere with medical care. Ethanโ€™s story is a reminder that relief can come faster than many expectโ€”sometimes in just one session.

Curious how hypnosis can support medical or emotional healing?
Your body listens to every thought you think. Maybe itโ€™s time to start thinking in your favor.

For as long as she could remember, Erin could not stand the sight of blood. The mere thought of a vaccination or blood draw sent her pulse racing. In school, she fainted during a biology class when a classmate pricked her finger. At 26, she avoided doctor visits, even whenโ€ฆ

๐‘ป๐’‰๐’† ๐‘ด๐’Š๐’๐’…'๐’” ๐‘ฏ๐’Š๐’…๐’…๐’†๐’ ๐‘น๐’๐’๐’† ๐’Š๐’ ๐‘บ๐’–๐’“๐’ˆ๐’Š๐’„๐’‚๐’ ๐‘น๐’†๐’„๐’๐’—๐’†๐’“๐’šWhen most people think about gastric bypass or major surgery, they picture sc...
11/04/2025

๐‘ป๐’‰๐’† ๐‘ด๐’Š๐’๐’…'๐’” ๐‘ฏ๐’Š๐’…๐’…๐’†๐’ ๐‘น๐’๐’๐’† ๐’Š๐’ ๐‘บ๐’–๐’“๐’ˆ๐’Š๐’„๐’‚๐’ ๐‘น๐’†๐’„๐’๐’—๐’†๐’“๐’š

When most people think about gastric bypass or major surgery, they picture scalpels, sutures, and sterile rooms, not suggestion.

๐‘ฉ๐’–๐’• ๐’๐’๐’† ๐’‘๐’‚๐’•๐’Š๐’†๐’๐’• ๐’“๐’†๐’๐’‚๐’•๐’†๐’” ๐’‰๐’†๐’“ ๐’”๐’•๐’๐’“๐’š.

After her weight-loss surgery, Mara used hypnosis not for pain relief, but for peace of mind. Within days, her anxiety subsided, her nausea eased, and her recovery accelerated, because she learned how to speak the language of her body through her mind.

๐‘ป๐’‰๐’† ๐‘ผ๐’๐’†๐’™๐’‘๐’†๐’„๐’•๐’†๐’… ๐‘น๐’๐’๐’† ๐’๐’‡ ๐‘ฏ๐’š๐’‘๐’๐’๐’”๐’Š๐’” ๐’Š๐’ ๐‘พ๐’†๐’Š๐’ˆ๐’‰๐’• ๐‘ณ๐’๐’”๐’” ๐‘บ๐’–๐’“๐’ˆ๐’†๐’“๐’š ๐‘น๐’†๐’„๐’๐’—๐’†๐’“๐’š.

It explores how guided imagery, relaxation, and subconscious reframing can calm the nervous system, reduce complications, and promote true mind-body healing.

Modern medicine repairs the body.
Hypnosis helps it remember how to heal.

๐‘ช๐’‚๐’๐’ ๐’•๐’ ๐‘จ๐’„๐’•๐’Š๐’๐’:
If you or someone you know is preparing for surgery, facing chronic pain, or struggling to recover, consider adding hypnosis to your care plan. Your body listens to every thought you think. Help it heal.

๐Ÿ‘‰ Read the full article and discover what is possible with medical hypnosis.

When Mara underwent gastric bypass surgery, she expected to lose weight. What she did not expect was the wave of anxiety that followed. Every gurgle, twinge, or ache felt like something was wrong. Despite her surgeon's reassurance, her body's natural healing sensations felt foreign, even frightening...

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Imagine Your Possibilities

Medvesta Hypnosis began when a Registered Nurse was sent to visit a terminal ill 80-year-old cancer patient at home with a final life sentence of less than a month. The nurse had knowledge of hypnosis techniques and realized the patient was having more adverse effects from the treatment of cancer than the actual illness. The nurse began to teach the patient visualization skills seeing the gastrointestinal tract as a river flowing. The flow of the river was blocked but not from a tumor but from an obstruction caused by his medications. The patient was taught even more about food, fluids, movement, medication usage and side effects, and of course self-hypnosis. That patient did eventually pass on not within a month as prescribed but eight months later in the following year from heart failure.

That following year the nurse had another terminally ill patient with primary sclerosing cholangitis, a rare liver disease. This bed-bound patient was also taught self-hypnosis seeing himself with muscular legs once again running on a football field. He was taught that the definition of no movement was called death. So he was trained to keep moving even while in bed. The bed-bound patient never walked onto a football field again, he did walk to his own bathroom independently. Though he also eventually passed, he gave himself more life than other professionals gave him hope.

These two people inspired Medvesta Hypnosis to become a reality. The nurse became a mentor using his knowledge in healthcare and hypnosis techniques to allow people with mental and physical pain to give themselves more potential to live better lives.